On a sunny Saturday, February 10, Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego went out in the field to interview some members of the Lost Coast Aeromodelers Association, which is a club that builds and flies radio controlled planes and helicopters in Del Norte.
Join Ethan as he learns about what the association is all about, what the members specialize in, and how to get involved in flying model planes with the club yourself.
It’s not everyday that someone takes on a challenge for an important cause. But when they do, the world becomes inspired and is happy that it followed that person’s journey!
After years in and out of prison and addiction, Kyndal Ray Edwards (aka A Walking Testimony) was moved to change his lifestyle, and go on a journey-walking across America for mental health awareness and recovery.
This is Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena here. While Kyndal was passing through, I got to ask him about his experiences so far, and from those experiences, what youth, specifically, could do to recover from addiction and help their mental health.
A Walking Testimony’s Social Medias:
On the Eve of Christmas Eve, Crescent City’s car connoisseurs came along to the Del Norte County Fairgrounds for the very first Christmas Car meet. Hosted by Keegan Crabb, the Car Meet was a spectacular sight to see. Not all cars that showed up were decorated, but it was still cool to see (and hear) all these supped up sports cars speeding by.
In this video, take a look at Crescent City’s first ever Christmas Car meet with Redwood Voice’s Rory McCain, and Ethan Caudill-DeRego.
Over 400 people gathered in Crescent City harbor on December 16th the see the spectacular spectacle that was the Harbor’s first annual Boat Light Contest.
Join Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego, and Rory McCain in this vibrantly colored video, as they cover the brightly bedazzled boats, with Rory’s close compatriot, Samuel Goodlin.
This is the live recording of Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe, Bryce Evans, Sam Bludworth and Mikey Patton finishing off Fugathon 2023 with a one shot set in Orick, CA using the Hunter the Reckoning 5 RPG system.
Sam Bludworth plays Dick Greene “The Bad Catholic.”
Mikey Patton plays Scott Mathers “The Cop.”
Bryce Evans plays Eric Crowe “The Old Hunter,”
and Sebastian Monroe is the Storyteller.
Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe interviewed Saint Sophie at their breakout B Street Pier show—check it out!
Redwood Voice Youth Ghost Hunting & Parapsychology, the most logical use of our time and resources, takes its first steps into the abandoned Elk Valley Casino. (Not to be confused with the not-abandoned Elk Valley Casino.)
The case is obscure, reports are wild—chainsaw-wielding maniacs, undead, bones, and a strange spirit with a golden face who embodies the ghost of avarice and bad decisions. Will the team uncover the mysteries deep within the bowels of the casino? Or will they… not do that?
Welcome to The Lycaeus Frequency’s Cryptid of the Day, a month-long series detailing a cryptid one day at a time for the month of October—by Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe.
Today’s cryptid is the Elk Valley Field Dwarf. Reported in Del Norte County as recently as 2018, these creatures grow no taller than 3 feet in height. They appear as dirty humans with modes of dress pulled from dumpsters and nearby woodlands. They also have been seen to steal toddler’s clothing to use for their own purposes.
Though the Internet lacks depictions, statements, or sightings of the Elk Valley Field Dwarf, Dwarves themselves have been spotted, depicted, and adored in folklore and pop culture at many times, in many forms. These are the Völuspá Dwarves, written in the Poetic Eddica poem “Völuspá” (ad 800-1100). This depiction is from Danish artist Lorenz Frølich, 1895.
Their natural habitat lies in the fields of Elk Valley and other similar biomes. They are known to be extremely difficult to document due to their immense speed. They’ve been reported to run at the speed of a car, keeping pace with a driver from the Park City Superette along the fence until there was a large patch of grass where it turned off into, not to be seen again. They’ve caused many a fright for nocturnal travelers on the road, giving off an aura of malice to those who have witnessed them.
So far though, no malicious acts have been perpetrated by the field dwarves. No one has yet had a conversation with or seen the corpse of a field dwarf, so it is likely they have a society somewhere out in those fields where they choose to bury their dead. Regardless, the species is elusive to this day, so taxonomical work has been limited.
The now-abandoned Elk Valley Casino, one of the highlights of Elk Valley Road (except of course for your favorite radio station and multimedia org) where the Field Dwarf was sure to hang out before its closure. Now it’s just the field for you, dwarves… (Photo Courtesy of Janet Hawk)
So, should you be driving down Elk Valley Road at night, keep an eye out and you might just spot one.
This has been the Lycaeus Frequency Cryptid of the Day.
Welcome to The Lycaeus Frequency’s Cryptid of the Day, a month-long series detailing a cryptid one day at a time for the month of October—by Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe.
Today’s cryptid is the one and only, Bigfoot. Bigfoot is a familiar phenomenon to us here in Del Norte County, but where did he come from? Reports of the massive hairy gentleman have been traced back to the time before the Europeans arrived on the continent, with many Native American tribes having cave paintings of the big hairy fella. The earliest recorded report of him was in 1811 made by one David Thompson. Thompson spoke to The Spokane, a local Native American tribe in Washington State.
The infamous original sighting of Bigfoot, frame 352 of the Patterson-Gimlin Film. This was shot along Bluff Creek, in Del Norte County on the Six Rivers National Forest. Because the ape appears to have a sagittal crest, a feature found in Female chimpanzees, it’s believed this may be an alleged Female Bigfoot.
According to Thompson, The Spokane told him of a race of hairy giants that lived in one of the nearby mountains (Possibly Mt. Saint Helens or the Cascade Mountains) that would steal salmon and people while they were asleep. This was also the first time a foot-print was mentioned for a Bigfoot. Thompson said that the “giants” left footprints one and a half feet long.
In 1957 a report came from someone supposedly abducted by the giant hairy men. A man named Albert Ostman reported being “stolen” in his sleep by a Sasquatch, similar to the stories of giants told by the Spokanes. He claimed that in 1924, when he was searching for gold, he felt that someone was carrying him while he was sleeping. Ostman claimed when he woke up he could see eight feet tall Sasquatches with long arms and hairy bodies except for the padded feet, which lacked hair. Ostman also stated that the Sasquatches appeared to live as a family, like modern apes.
The alleged people-snatching, salmon-stealing giant ape may be feared by some, but Bigfoot has become a beloved symbol all over. Take this logo from the local DNATL Food Council for instance (which humorously references Bigfoot’s fish-theft days—at least he’s keeping it local.)
This situation is similar to modern accounts where baboons have reportedly stolen infants while they were sleeping. It is unknown why primates perform such behavior, however it may be related to the Ostman account. I’m sure you brave listeners all have heard a story or two about Bigfoot here in these parts, but it sure is interesting to hear where he came from.
This has been the Lycaeus Frequency Cryptid of the Day.
Edited with Pictures & Context by Persephone Rose. Thumbnail by Sebastian Monroe.
